Wilburn was born March 23, 1918, in Green City, Sullivan County, Mo., and had lived in Kansas and Colorado, prior to returning to the area in 1949. He served in the U. S. Army and had worked as a tool and die maker, having worked at Vickers, Rocketdyne, Teledyne and retiring from Boeing. He was a member of the American Legion, enjoyed fishing and farming and was a member of the Non-Denominational Church.

Wilburn married Lova Whaley on May 4, 1941, in Towner, Colo., and she survives.

Services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, at the Clark Funeral Home Chapel of Memories. Domenic Enrietta will officiate. Interment will be in the Neosho Memorial Park Cemetery and family will serve as pallbearers. The family will receive friends from 1 p.m. until service time Friday.